{Project}     SusOrganic: Entwicklung von Qualitätstandards und optimierten Verarbeitungsverfahren für biologisch angebaute Produkte (Verbundvorhaben).  [Development of quality standards and optimised processing methods for organic produce.]   Runs 2015 - 2017.      Project Leader(s): Sturm, Dr. Barbara; Hensel, Prof. Dr. Oliver and Esper, Dr. Albert, Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Agrartechnik, D-Kassel und Meridian Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH, D-Altdorf .     

   Amjad, Waseem; Crichton, Stuart O.J.; Munir, Anjum; Hensel, Oliver and Sturm, Barbara   (2018) Hyperspectral imaging for the determination of potato slice moisture content and chromaticity during the convective hot air drying process.   Biosystems Engineering, 166, pp. 170-183.        

   Amprako, Jessica L.   (2016) Optimisation of herb dryers: Case study on the drying process for three hop farms in Strassbourg, France.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   Crichton, S.O.J.; Shrestha, Luna; Hurlbert, Anya and Sturm, Barbara   (2017) Use of hyperspectral imaging for the prediction of moisture content and chromaticity of raw and pretreated apple slices during convection drying.   Drying Technology, 36 (7), pp. 804-816.        

   Crichton, Stuart O.J.; Kirchner, Sascha M.; Porley, Victoria; Retz, Stefanie; von Gersdorff, Gardis; Hensel, Oliver; Weygandt, Martin and Sturm, Barbara   (2017) Classification of organic beef storage conditions and maturation stage using VNIR hyperspectral imaging.   Meat Science, 129, pp. 20-27.        

   Crichton, Stuart O.J.; Kirchner, Sascha M.; Porley, Victoria E.; Retz, Stefanie K.; von Gersdorff, Gardis J.E.; Hensel, Oliver and Sturm, Barbara   (2017) High pH thresholding of beef with VNIR hyperspectral imaging.   Meat Science, 134, pp. 14-17.        

   Harder, Dennis   (2016) Konzeption und Modellierung eines Konvektionstrockners für biologische Güter.   Thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen und Hochschule Aalen, D-Aalen .  .   [Completed]     

   Kiesel, Bernadette   (2017) Influence of process setting in convective apple drying on selected parameters.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   Marzban, Nasim   (2016) An investigation on dietary phenolic compounds of apple fruit and the impact of drying time and temperature on total phenolic content of dried apple slices.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   Meriluoto, Linda   (2015) Consumers' Understanding of Sustainability of Organic Food Products and its Effect on Quality Perception.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   Moscetti, Roberto; Haff, Ron P.; Ferri, Serena; Raponi, Flavio; Monarca, Danilo; Liang, Peishih and Massantini, Riccardo   (2017) Real-Time Monitoring of Organic Carrot (var. Romance) During Hot-Air Drying Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.   Food and Bioprocess Technology, 10 (11), pp. 2046-2059.        

   Moscetti, Roberto; Raponi, Flavio; Ferri, Serena; Colantoni, Andrea; Monarca, Danilo and Massantini, Riccardo   (2018) Real-time monitoring of organic apple (var. Gala) during hot-air drying using Near-Infrared spectroscopy.   Journal of Food Engineering, 222, pp. 139-150.        

   Moscetti, Roberto; Sturm, Barbara; Crichton, Stuart O.J.; Amjad, Waseem and Massantini, Riccardo   (2017) Postharvest monitoring of organic potato (cv. Anuschka) during hot-air drying using Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging.   Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (J Sci Food Agric), 98 (7), pp. 2507-2517.        

   Raponi, Flavio; Moscetti, Roberto; Monarca, Danilo; Calantoni, Andrea and Massantini, Riccardo   (2017) Monitoring and optimization of drying fruits and vegetables process using computer vision: a review.   Sustainability, 9 (11), pp. 1-27.        

   Retz, S.K.; Porley, V.E.; von Gersdorff, G.J.E; Hensel, O.; Crichton, S.O.J. and Sturm, B.   (2017) Effect of maturation and freezing on quality and drying kinetics of beef.   Drying Technology, 35 (16), pp. 2002-2014.        

   Shrestha, L.; Moscetti, R.; Crichton, S.O.J.; Hensel, O. and Sturm, B.    (2018) Organic apples (cv. Elstar) quality evaluation during hot-air drying using Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging.       Poster at:   21st International Drying Symposium, IDS 2018, Valencia, Spain, 11-14 September 2018.     [Completed]     

   Shrestha, Luna   (2015) Preparation of apple powder as a value added product.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   Sturm, Barbara; Raut, Sharvari; Kulig, Boris; Münsterer, Jakob; Kammhuber, Klaus; Hensel, Oliver and Crichton, Stuart O.J.   (2020) In-process investigation of the dynamics in drying behavior and quality development of hops using visual and environmental sensors combined with chemometrics.   Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 175, p. 105547.        

   Sturm, B.         (2018) SusOrganic - Development of quality standards and optimised processing methods for organic produce - Final report.    .    

   Sturm, B.; Esper, A.; Massantini, R.; Moscetti, R.; Bantle, M.; Claussen, I.C.; Tolstorebrov, I.; Pittia, P.; Gebresenbet, G.; Bosona, T.; Shrestha, L.; Md. Saleh, R. and von Gersdorff, G. J.E.    (2018) Processing and Quality Guidelines for Organic Food Processing/Verarbeitungs- und Qualitätsleitfaden für biologische Lebensmittel/Linee guida per la lavorazione e la qualità visto che trasformazione di alimenti biologici.  [Processing and Quality Guidelines for Organic Food Processing.]   Working paper.   [Completed]     

   Sturm, B.; Moscetti, R.; Crichton, S.O.J.; Raut, S.; Bantle, M. and Massantini, R.    (2018) Feasibility of Vis/NIR spectroscopy and image analysis as basis of the development of smart-drying technologies.   In:   Editorial Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Ed.)  Proceedings of the IDS 2018, 21st International Drying Symposium, September 11-14, 2018, Valencia, Spain, pp. 171-178.          

   Sturm, Barbara and von Gersdorff, Gardis         (2018) Entwicklung von Qualitätsstandards und optimierten Verarbeitungsverfahren für biologisch angebaute Produkte.  [Development of quality standards and optimised processing methods for organic produce.]   Universität Kassel, FB 11 Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften, Fachgebiet Agrartechnik, D-Kassel und Meridian Fruchthandelsgesellschaft mbH, D-Altdorf .    

         {Tool}   Modul 4.2 Drying of herbs/Gewürz- und Kräutertrocknung/Essiccamento di erbe.          Creator(s): Sturm, Barbara and von Gersdorff, Gardis.  Issuing Organisation(s): Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Agrar- und Biosystemtechnik.  (2018)    

         {Tool}   Modul(e) 4.3 Fruit drying/Obsttrocknung/Essiccamento (frutta).          Creator(s): Sturm, Barbara and von Gersdorff, Gardis.  Issuing Organisation(s): Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Agrar- und Biosystemtechnik.  (2018)    

   Voigts, Clemens   (2015) On-farm meat processing of beef with canned meat production on Farm Krumhuk, Namibia.    Masters thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]     

   von Gersdorff, Gardis J.E.; Porley, Victoria E.; Retz, Stefanie K.; Hensel, Oliver; Crichton, Stuart.O.J. and Sturm, Barbara   (2017) Drying behavior and quality parameters of dried beef (biltong) subjected to different pre-treatments and maturation stages.   Drying Technology, 36 (1), pp. 21-32.        

   von Gersdorff, GardisJ.E.; Crichton, StuartO.J.; Retz, Stefanie K.; Hensel, Oliver and Sturm, Barbara    (2016) Drying of fresh organic beef with differnt pretreatments.   In:     Proccedings of the 20th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2016), 7-10 August 2016, Gifu, Japan.          

   Wittkamp, Sarah   (2018) Einfluss der Lagerdauer vor der Trocknung auf die Qualität von Flavour-Hopfen.   Thesis, University of Kassel, D-Witzenhausen .  .   [Completed]